Deadlines

EU AI Act timeline: every deadline

The EU AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024 and applies in stages. Here is the full schedule, dated and sourced from the regulation.

Last reviewed · 2026-06-24 · EU AI Act · Reg. (EU) 2024/1689

The full schedule

2025-02-02Prohibited practices & AI-literacy apply
2025-08-02GPAI model rules apply
2026-08-02Transparency obligations apply (Art. 50)
2026-12-02Synthetic-content marking grace ends (provisional)
2027-12-02High-risk duties apply — Annex III (provisional)
2028-08-02High-risk duties apply — Annex I products (provisional)

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A proposed amendment (the Digital Omnibus) would defer some high-risk deadlines and adjust transparency timing. Where an entry is provisional, we mark it as such and will update it the moment it is published in the Official Journal.

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